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  • Police parade three armed robbers in jigawa

    Police parade three armed robbers in jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa has arrested three suspected armed robbers who had been terrorizing the residents of Kazaure Local Government Area of the state.

    The command’s Spokesman, SP. Abdu Jinjiri, who paraded the suspects before newsmen in Dutse on Wednesday said the suspects were arrested along Kazaure-Daura road.

    Jinjiri said that they were apprehended after they had blocked the road and robbed motorists of their money and other valuables.

    He explained that the suspects, hailed from Kusada, Kankiya and Malumfashi Local Government Areas of Katsina State.

    “On September 22, our officers in Kazaure local government area received a distress call that there were some armed robbers who blocked the Kazaure-Daura road and were robbing motorists.

    “We swiftly moved to the scene and luckily enough we arrested three of them. They were arrested in collaboration with the residents of the area.

    “During their arrest, cutlasses, sacks of rice, sticks and some amount of money they allegedly collected from the motorists were recovered from them,” Jinjiri said.

    The spokesman added that investigation into the case was on and that they would be charged to court afterward.

    It will be recalled that the command had on Sept. 20 arrested three other suspects in Dutse after they allegedly robbed a widow of N80,000

  • Jealous housewife commits suicide in Jigawa

    Jealous housewife commits suicide in Jigawa

    A 22-year-old housewife has committed suicide by taking rat poison in Miga Local GovernmentArea of Jigawa to protest her husband’s plan to marry another wife.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse on Wednesday.

    Jinjiri gave the name of the deceased as Malama Hajara.

    He said that the jealous housewife committed the act on Monday around 6 p.m. in Yanmalam village, Miga town.

    “On Sept. 18, around 8 p.m., we received a report that one 22-year-old housewife identified as Hajara has committed suicide by taking rat poison around 6 p.m. simply because her husband is planning to marry another wife.

    “She was taken to General Hospital, Jahun, in Jahun Local Government Area where she died on the same day,” he said.

    He added that the corpse of the deceased had been handed over to her family for burial.

    A source who pleaded anonymity told NAN that the deceased’s sister had in 2001 attempted suicide by taking rat poison when her husband planned to marry another wife.

    “Fortunately, she survived it,” the source said.

  • Police nab suspects in Jigawa

    The police in Jigawa State have arrested eight suspects for alleged theft and receipt of stolen items in Dutse Local Government.

    Spokesman Jinjiri Abdu confirmed the arrest in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse.

    He said four of the suspects, aged between 18 and 19, were nabbed for alleged burglary and theft in Takur, Dutse.

    Jinjiri added that they were arrested after they broke into one of the houses and stole a plasma TV, DSTV decoder, iPad, laptop, a Tecno phone and clothes.

    The spokesman said the TV and decoder were recovered from them after their arrest.

    According to him, they were among 10 suspected thieves the command nabbed on May 14.

    NAN reports that a laptop, two plasma TV sets and phones were among items recovered from the suspects.

    Jinjiri said the others were arrested for alleged receipt of stolen items.

    He said the suspects would be arraigned.

    Investigation showed the suspects had been terrorising residents by breaking into shops and houses.

    In May, they broke into 10 shops and houses and stole foodstuff and others.

  • Admissions: Dutse Varsity approves 160 as cut-off

    Admissions: Dutse Varsity approves 160 as cut-off

    The Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa, has approved 160 cut-off point as its benchmark for the 2017/2018 admissions against the 120 set by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for universities in the country.

    The university’s Registrar, Malam Bukar Usman, announced this in a statement issued in Dutse on Saturday.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JAMB had fixed 100 for candidates seeking admissions into polytechnics.

    “The Management has approved 160 as the minimum benchmark for the 2017/2018 admission in the university,” he said.

    He also announced the institution’s cut-off points for programmes in the three Faculties of Agriculture, Arts/Social Sciences and Faculty of Sciences.

    Agriculture 180, Fisheries and Aquaculture 160 and Forestry and Wildlife Management also 160.

    In the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Economics is 180, English 180, Criminology 195 and Biotechnology 180.

    Also in the Faculty of Sciences, cut-off point for Chemistry is 180, Computer 180, Environment 180, Mathematics 170, while Microbiology and is 180 respectively.

  • Jigawa completes transportation of intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

    Jigawa completes transportation of intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

    The Jigawa Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board says it has completed the transportation of the intending pilgrims from the state to Saudi Arabia.

    Alhaji Ibrahim Hashim, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the board made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jigawa on Tuesday.

    He said the last batch of 390 intending pilgrims departed the Dutse International Airport on Tuesday at 12.31 a.m. by a Max Air Ltd.

    Hashim said with the last transportation, the Airline had transported a total of 1,481 pilgrims from the state to Saudi Arabia in an exercise that began on Aug. 18.

    Meanwhile, Gov. Muhammad Badaru, who bid the intending pilgrims farewell, urged them to shun any act that would contravene the laws of Saudi Arabia, throughout the exercise.

    Badaru also advised them to pray for peace, stability and economic prosperity of the country and wished them a successful Hajj.

    According to him, it is necessary to seek God’s intervention in the quest of Nigerians to overcome the present insecurity in the country.

    Contributing, the Emir of Hadejia, Alhaji Abubakar Maje, who is also the state’s Amirul Hajj, advised the intending pilgrims against engaging in any unlawful act during their sojourn in the Holy land.

    Maje also called on the intending pilgrims to respect the laws of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and avoid acts that were capable of tarnishing the image of the state and the country.

    He warned that any unlawful act, on the part of the intending pilgrims, could invalidate their Hajj.

  • Jigawa to complete stadium project

    Jigawa to complete stadium project

    The Jigawa Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim, said the Dutse Ultra-Modern Stadium would be completed before December 2017.

    Ibrahim made this disclosure when the executive member of the state’s Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Dutse on Friday.

    He explained that the stadium would be provided with capacity areas for volley ball, lawn tennis, hockey and boxing among other track and field facilities.

    The commissioner said that the Gumel and Birnin Kudu mini stadia would also be upgraded.

    Ibrahim said the completion and rehabilitation of sports facilities in the state will go a long way to encourage healthy competitions and unity among youths.

    The chairman of SWAN, Mallam Ahmad Muhammad, said that the team visited the commissioner to express support for the efforts of the state on sports development.

    Muhammad called on the government to appoint SWAN members into the sport committees wherever it organised competitions and other activities in the state.

  • NSCDC arrests four students for theft of 18 laptops in Jigawa

    NSCDC arrests four students for theft of 18 laptops in Jigawa

    The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa Command, says it has arrested four students of Government Science and Technical College (GSTC), Karkarna, in Yankwashi Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly stealing 18 new mini Samsung laptop computers.

    The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Malam Muhammad Durmin-Iya, stated this while presenting the suspects to newsmen in Dutse on Tuesday.

    Durumin-Iya said the students (names withheld) allegedly stole the items from the college’s computer room.

    He explained that about 25 of such laptop computers were donated to the college by the Federal Government,out of which the suspects stole 18 pieces.

    “The laptop computers were were about 25 in number donated to their school by the federal government for the enhancement of ICT education in their school.

    “Unfortunately, these final year students decided to steal them,” he said.

    The commandant added that the suspects were arrested after the school management lodged formal complaint in its office in Yankwashi Local Government Area about the stealing of the items.

    According to him, the students stole 12 of the computers on a date not known.

    Durum in-Iya further said the suspects stole another set of six of the items on July 1.

    He added that they were caught red-handed by men of the command operating in the area.

    “The first time they stole 12 of the computers, and that was when the school authorities noticed and reported to our office in the area.

    “So, upon receipt of the complaint, we sent our intelligence officers to the area.

    “And fortunately for us, we were able to arrest all of them while stealing another six sets of the computers on July 1,” he added.

    The commandant said that the students were not immediately taken to court since they were final year students, and so, they were allowed to compete their examination.

    “We did not immediately take them to court since during their arrest, they wrote their fifth paper in WAEC.

    “It was also to enable us conduct thorough investigation into the matter,” he explained.

    According to Durumin-Iya, the suspects took the advantage of the period when students were on Sallah break to steal the first set of the items and also used July 1 when council elections were conducted in the state to steal another second set of the computers.

    Durum in-Iya said they allegedly used iron rod and removed some blocks of the building to gain access into the computer room.

    He further revealed that six of the computers were recovered from the suspects, adding that the suspects had already sold 12 of the items.

    “During their arrest, six of the computers were recovered and they told us that they sold the other 12 at the rate N10,000 each at Farm Centre GSM market in Kano.

    “And each of the computers is valued at N70,000 in the market,” he added.

    According to him, the suspects, aged 17, would be charged to juvenile court.

  • Jigawa to distribute mini rice mills, harvesters to young farmers

    Jigawa to distribute mini rice mills, harvesters to young farmers

    Jigawa Government on Tuesday announced plans to distribute ultra-modern mini rice mills, harvesters and other implements to boost rice production in the state.

    Alhaji Jamilu Usaman-Danmalam, Special Adviser to the state governor on Rice Production and Value Chain said the implements would be distributed to youths under the government cluster farming scheme.

    The special adviser said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Dutse, that the items would be issued to the young farmers on loan.

    He listed the farming implements to include 100 mini rice milling machines, 100 single row planters, 100 double row planters, 100 mini thrashers, 300 handheld harvesters and 574 manual sprayers.

    “The government has concluded all arrangements for this exercise and all the items are on ground.

    “We are done with compiling the names of the beneficiaries and we will soon call them for distribution.

    “This is part of our plans to empower and encourage youths to go into farming.

    “The government is providing these modern implements to enable the beneficiaries become self-reliant, it is also to make agriculture attractive and acceptable to youths in the state,’’ he said.

    The governor’s aide further explained that the gesture was to encourage large scale production of rice under the state’s government cluster farming initiative.

    Jamilu-Danmalam added that youths would be clustered in such a way that two youths would cultivate one hectare of land.

    He said that the state government would also provide the youths with seeds, fertiliser, insecticide, including other needed inputs at subsidised prices.

    He said the youths would pay back the soft loan after they have cultivated and sold the rice.

    NAN recalls that the Jigawa Government on Jan. 24, took delivery of four containers with several agriculture implements from China.

    NAN also recalls that the government recently empowered 400 youths to cultivate 200 hectares of rice in Birnin kudu Local Government Area of the state.

    The youths were empowered with seeds, fertiliser, insecticides and water pumps at subsidised prices to grow rice on the state government-owned Farara-Zuma Fadama site in Birnin kudu.

    It also distributed 300 mini-harvesters, with 150 of the harvesters going to youths under the cluster scheme.

    The youths, according to the special adviser, will use the harvesters for rice and wheat cultivation on commercial basis.

  • 11 drowned in the last one month in Jigawa

    11 drowned in the last one month in Jigawa

    The Police Command in Jigawa said no fewer than eleven persons had drowned in various rivers in the state in the last one month.

    A statement issued by the spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, in Dutse on Tuesday described the number of people drowned within such period as “outrageous”.

    “The police has decried the outrageous number of people drowned in rivers in the state in the last one month.

    “No fewer than eleven of such incidents were recorded in some parts of the state.

    “The Jigawa police command has expressed serious concern over the spate of drowning in the state, as no fewer than eleven of such ugly incidents were recorded in places such as Ringim, Guri, Kiyawa, Dutse, involving children and adults alike within the last one month.

    “It is the sincere advice of this command that people who are not conversant with swimming should desist from bathing or fishing in any pond or river,” Jinjiri said.

    He also urged parents and guardians to monitor their children or wards sent on errands so as to reduce the disturbing incidents of drowning to the barest minimum.

  • Religious leaders suggest grant for pregnant women in rural Jigawa

    The chairman, Council of Ulmas of Jigawa State, Khadi Bashir Birninkudu has called on the Jigawa State government to copy the idea of Child Development Grand Project (CDGP) from the Action Against Hunger (AAH) to control malnutrition among the children in the state.

    The chairman made the call while commenting at a sensitisation workshop on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding organised for religious and traditional leaders by the Action Against Hunger and Save the Children, a DFID sponsored programme in the state. Birninkudu said the state and local governments should introduce the programme under social security, adding that “abject poverty among the rural women is risking the live of pregnant and new born children across the state.”

    He suggested that the government should introduce Child Development Grand project (CDGP) and expand the number of beneficiaries from the over 3,000 women already in the programme in the three local governments of Buji, Gagarawa and Guri.

    According to him, the poor economic situation of the rural women, who form a major percentage of the state population, is exposing them illnesses during pregnancy and resulting in malnourished children after birth.

    Birninkudu explained that “if the mother is hungry, she would not have enough milk to breastfeed her new born child. If there is no enough milk, how can she administer exclusive breastfeeding to her child?”

    The Chairman therefore maintained that “it is imperative for the government to come up with a programme to empower the pregnant women, such as this kind of unconditional grant by the Action Against Hunger (AAH), in addition to adequate antenatal and post-natal facilities in the hospitals.

    Speaking earlier, the executive secretary, Primary Health Care Development Agency, Jigawa State, Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim, who was represented by the Director Primary Health Care, Dr Sambo Shehu said government is committed to ensuring healthy people in the state.

    He said the government two weeks ago released the sum of N150 million, as counterpart fund to UNICEF for Children Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) programme in the state.